Julie Huber, PhD

🚨 REMINDER: The abstract submission deadline for #AGU25 has been EXTENDED to TODAY at 5:00PM ET!

Submit your abstract today: buff.ly/BUyEjhU

It only took me 8 minutes to get into the abstract submission site this morning, with 12 hrs left to go. Join us @agu.org #AGU25 for this important & timely session on deep-sea research!!!

COMIC: Exploring the ocean's wonderous, mysterious depths Did you know that we know less about the sea than we do about space? With this comic, we explore some of what scientists do know about Earth's ocean.

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Opinion | Why U.S. dominance at sea is shrinking The U.S. still has an advantage on the waves, but ocean science needs more — not less — investment.

Read this from @pdemenocal.bsky.social, @msleinen.bsky.social, and John Richardson, retired Navy admiral, whose son was my student, about how investing in ocean science is not just about curiosity, but about ensuring our future readiness, resilience, and national security. 🌊

The Senate just posted the report language of its FY26 science appropriations bill. This text lays out what they want done and carries the force of law if it is included in the final spending bill.

It's a line-by-line refutation of Trump's proposed budget for NASA and NOAA.

This was a very scary but incredibly positive experience for me-connecting to the deeply personal, funny, & scary parts of our scientific journeys. I encourage you to listen as intended- full long form radio, with host @jayall.bsky.social & live music. Links at end of article. #stemstories @prx.org

I ❤️ Ron

This resonates- & despite being a vegetarian, I have leaned into Beef more than Bear the last few years. Given *all the things* & the reality of supporting my family, I’m still figuring out the right balance, but preparing the next generation & passing the torch is centered for certain.

Senate spending panel would rescue NSF and NASA science funding Its support for a flat budget is a sign of congressional resistance to drastic cuts Trump has proposed

One small step... Senate appropriators indicate they plan to protect NSF and NASA science from Trump's drastic cuts. www.science.org/content/arti...

Subcommittee Markup of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

🧪 BREAKING (good news): Senate subcommittee says NO! to Trump's proposed slashes to NASA & NSF funding.

Today, the subcommittee said to keep NASA + NSF funding at $33.9 billion, the same as in FY24.

See 7:15 below. Full Senate appropriations committee meets tomorrow about it.

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ISA Web TV - International Seabed Authority

Today, once again, representatives from 169 nations will meet in Kingston, Jamaica to continue negotiating the rules and regulations for deep-sea mining in the high seas.

I'm watching at www.isa.org.jm/the-authorit... and there's an outside chance I'll be there in person later this month.

Fantastic Microbes and Where to Find Them Some microbes happily thrive in unforgiving environments. An extremophile hunt is underway to leverage their resilience tactics, from medicine to space exploration.

From @lauraatran.bsky.social in The Scientist--

www.the-scientist.com/fantastic-mi...

Socioeconomic status is so important to consider! Thanks for this excellent piece @drcraigmc.bsky.social !

It's not just #NIH. It's not just #NSF. It's not just #NASA.

The whole scientific community has to make clear that all science across fed agencies is being destroyed in the US.

We can't just ask for our particular piece of the pie. The whole pie is being thrown out - saving your bit won't work.

Great paper. Will share widely when I remind people why we need to pay attention to "diversity" across socioeconomic status as well. I'm still appalled that unpaid internships even exist... in any field.

From Microbe to Mankind: A Journey Into Life's Origins

How did life start? 🧐🌎Join the Moore Foundation “Early Microbial Life” panel today at #ASMicrobe, starting at 12 p.m., to dive into this question and celebrate their 25th anniversary of advancing science. asm.social/2t7

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Watched it with my former Alvin pilot and engineer husband. Had to pause a lot so he could comment, rage, etc!

To the 🐐 of hydrothermal vent microbiology! Happy Birthday Julie!! aka @julesdeep.bsky.social Now blow out those black smokers and make a wish! Hope you have a great day! 🌊🌋🦠🎂❤️

"Celebrate the good stuff"

Meet The Marine Biologist Trying to Prevent Deep-Sea Mining "Using deep-sea mining to solve the climate crisis is like smoking to lower your stress," says Diva Amon.

Of course @divaamon.bsky.social is exceptional! Glad Time finally realized it. time.com/7290414/deep...

How a discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR - Richmond Scientific A discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR, the gold-standard COVID-19 tests used to fight the global pandemic.

Reminder: Nobel-prize winning PCR (1983), used in basically all genetic tech today, was only possible because of extremophile bacterium discovered in 1964 in Yellowstone funded by a small ~$80k NSF grant with no obvious application at the time. #science 🧪
www.richmondscientific.com/how-a-discov...

Awesome news!

She is brilliant, generous, and an excellent cook. We get her for one more summer and then watch out world, here she comes!
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#nsffunded #nasafunded #sciencematters #stemeducation #communitycollege #investinthefuture #ocean

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CELEBRATE THE GOOD STUFF!!! The lab & friends celebrated the graduation of Tedi from Bridgewater State with BS, Summa Cum Laude in Physics. Tedi first came to @whoi.edu through our community college program & has been an amazing member of our community and lab here.

A Florida weatherman telling his viewers he can no longer be confident in his forecasts due to cuts to atmospheric science is the kind of resistance content I’m here for.

Kudos, Sir.🌦️

Support Homepage The Trevor Project is a non-profit suicide prevention organization that provides 24/7 crisis support services, research, and advocacy for LGBTQ+ young people.

If you've been thinking about donating in honor of 🌈 #PrideMonth, you can have an even bigger impact on The Trevor Project right now. Every donation is being quadrupled. Not clear how long this will be, so I donated today!

www.thetrevorproject.org

COBRA Webinar - June 2025 - COBRA: Crustal Ocean Biosphere Research Accelerator COBRA Webinar Series, June 3, 2025

Join us at 3pm eastern today for a webinar with Vicki Ferrini about seafloor mapping! #seafloor #mapping #NSFFunded #COBRA

cobra.bigelow.org/cobra-webina...

NSF, NASA and NIH budgets per year, inflation adjusted from 2000-2025 along with the proposed cuts. NSF includes research component only. Massive cuts across all sectors, well below support spanning 25 years.

How bad will it be? Catastrophic.

Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.

But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.

Speak up now before it is too late.

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Virus-mediated recycling of chemoautotrophic biomass Aquatic environments absorb ~2.5 gigatonnes of atmospheric carbon each year, more than the carbon stored in the atmosphere, soils, and all biomass combined. Primary producers transform this dissolved ...

Lab's first preprint! #newPI

We show that viruses are active agents that recycle carbon fixed by productive chemoautotrophs, shaping our understanding of carbon cycling in redox-active ecosystems.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

@julesdeep.bsky.social @gtrubl.bsky.social @mepjoe.bsky.social

Grant Cancellation Web Form WAS YOUR GRANT CANCELED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP? The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Democratic Staff, is surveying the impact of the Trump Administration’s cancelation of federal research awards. If your award was terminated since January 20, 2025, please fill out this brief survey. If you had multiple awards terminated, please fill out a separate form for each award. While anonymous submissions will be helpful to the Committee’s efforts, we encourage you to leave your contact information if you are open to having a confidential conversation with Committee staff. Please find our confidentiality policies at the following link – any information you share will be treated with these protections, regardless of your current affiliation with any current or former funding agency: https://democrats-science.house.gov/contact/whistleblower

Are you a PI of a federal grant cancelled by the Trump administration?

Please share your info with the Democratic Staff of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, who launched this portal yesterday to track funding cancellations 🔭🧪

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